We woke this morning to the sound of explosions. Five booms in a row. Our prepper neighbor's 20 foot bug out trailer was in flames with the one pound propane bottles and 22 shells going off like the 4th of July.

Two police officers and neighbors were running around getting the people out of the house and accounted for. One guy with a fire extinguisher that he wasn't proficient with. . fumbled with it, decided it was empty and threw it at the fire in frustration.

The fire department took 10-12 minutes to get there. Trailer went up so quick and so hot it was a blackened frame when they got the fire out. No sign of much else. Trailer was in the driveway and they were lucky to keep it from the house. Owner said one of the propane containers came close to hitting a fireman when it came flying out. Guess that's why the fire department is concerned about our propane storage.

They think it was caused by a battery charger plugged in to electrical cord. Made us think about our aged motor home sitting out there on a trickle charger.

The people and the dogs in the family are safe but wonder how their insurance is going to pay on all that emergency and camping stuff. We are rethinking a few things after this.